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ST Smart Parenting

Cracking the PSLE maths code: Avoid meltdowns, change mindsets

Ms Sandra Lim, head coach and founder of The Nuggets Academy, teaching a class of P6 pupils.
Ms Sandra Lim, head coach and founder of The Nuggets Academy, teaching a class of P6 pupils.

Minor Issues

What it meant when my tween daughter started speaking in ‘Samoan’

Children who disengage repeatedly with a response like “I don’t know” may be trying to assert their independence.
Children who disengage repeatedly with a response like “I don’t know” may be trying to assert their independence.

Fun With Kids

Travel back to 1950s with Children’s Museum book, have fun with balloons, learn about the ocean

(From left) WonderBot And The Time Travel Capsule by local author Quek Hong Shin, the annual balloon festival at Marina Square and Little Ocean Expert series at the Ocean Kids Festival.
(From left) WonderBot And The Time Travel Capsule by local author Quek Hong Shin, the annual balloon festival at Marina Square and Little Ocean Expert series at the Ocean Kids Festival.

Get expert tips, join English masterclass at ST’s PSLE Prep Forum 2026

Mr Ong Kong Hong, MOE’s divisional director from curriculum planning and development division 1, will share how parents can better support their child for the PSLE journey and in secondary school. ST senior education correspondent Sandra Davie will moderate the session.
Mr Ong Kong Hong, MOE’s divisional director from curriculum planning and development division 1, will share how parents can better support their child for the PSLE journey and in secondary school. ST senior education correspondent Sandra Davie will moderate the session.

How to revise for PSLE mother tongue

Ms Daphne Ang, founder and principal tutor at Hong Lao Shi Academy – The Logic Curve, recommends visualisation techniques for Chinese composition.
Ms Daphne Ang, founder and principal tutor at Hong Lao Shi Academy – The Logic Curve, recommends visualisation techniques for Chinese composition.

Minor Issues

Couples, don’t ask who’s right, ask how to ‘apply love’

In many cases, it is not because the issues are unsolvable. It is because both are arguing from different frames of reference.
In many cases, it is not because the issues are unsolvable. It is because both are arguing from different frames of reference.

Fun With Kids: Staycation with ponies at Rasa Sentosa; My Little Chingay Float truck

ecfun08 - Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa is introducing a Seaside Pony and Picnic Experience package for the upcoming March school holidays.


PHOTO: SHANGRI-LA RASA SENTOSA
ecfun08 - Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa is introducing a Seaside Pony and Picnic Experience package for the upcoming March school holidays.


PHOTO: SHANGRI-LA RASA SENTOSA

Ask Sandra: Neuroscience-backed revision methods for the PSLE that will help your child

Minor Issues

Better together: Celebrating festive periods as a family

Simple hacks can make festive seasons, with their potential pitfalls and stress points, as enjoyable as they are supposed to be.
Simple hacks can make festive seasons, with their potential pitfalls and stress points, as enjoyable as they are supposed to be.

PSLE science exam: How to help your child remember the concepts

Tutor Laura Oh uses water plants to teach her pupils the concept of photosynthesis at her tuition centre House of Hows.
Tutor Laura Oh uses water plants to teach her pupils the concept of photosynthesis at her tuition centre House of Hows.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.